# Mongoose Mongoose is a [MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.org/) object modeling tool designed to work in an asynchronous environment. [![Slack Status](http://slack.mongoosejs.io/badge.svg)](http://slack.mongoosejs.io) [![Build Status](https://api.travis-ci.org/Automattic/mongoose.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/Automattic/mongoose) [![NPM version](https://badge.fury.io/js/mongoose.svg)](http://badge.fury.io/js/mongoose) [![npm](https://nodei.co/npm/mongoose.png)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mongoose) ## Documentation [mongoosejs.com](http://mongoosejs.com/) [Mongoose 5.0.0](https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/blob/master/History.md#500--2018-01-17) was released on January 17, 2018. You can find more details on [backwards breaking changes in 5.0.0 on our docs site](https://mongoosejs.com/docs/migrating_to_5.html). ## Support - [Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/mongoose) - [Bug Reports](https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/issues/) - [Mongoose Slack Channel](http://slack.mongoosejs.io/) - [Help Forum](http://groups.google.com/group/mongoose-orm) - [MongoDB Support](https://docs.mongodb.org/manual/support/) ## Importing ```javascript // Using Node.js `require()` const mongoose = require('mongoose'); // Using ES6 imports import mongoose from 'mongoose'; ``` ## Plugins Check out the [plugins search site](http://plugins.mongoosejs.io/) to see hundreds of related modules from the community. Next, learn how to write your own plugin from the [docs](http://mongoosejs.com/docs/plugins.html) or [this blog post](http://thecodebarbarian.com/2015/03/06/guide-to-mongoose-plugins). ## Contributors Pull requests are always welcome! Please base pull requests against the `master` branch and follow the [contributing guide](https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md). If your pull requests makes documentation changes, please do **not** modify any `.html` files. The `.html` files are compiled code, so please make your changes in `docs/*.pug`, `lib/*.js`, or `test/docs/*.js`. View all 400+ [contributors](https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/graphs/contributors). ## Installation First install [node.js](http://nodejs.org/) and [mongodb](https://www.mongodb.org/downloads). Then: ```sh $ npm install mongoose ``` ## Overview ### Connecting to MongoDB First, we need to define a connection. If your app uses only one database, you should use `mongoose.connect`. If you need to create additional connections, use `mongoose.createConnection`. Both `connect` and `createConnection` take a `mongodb://` URI, or the parameters `host, database, port, options`. ```js const mongoose = require('mongoose'); mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/my_database', {useNewUrlParser: true}); ``` Once connected, the `open` event is fired on the `Connection` instance. If you're using `mongoose.connect`, the `Connection` is `mongoose.connection`. Otherwise, `mongoose.createConnection` return value is a `Connection`. **Note:** _If the local connection fails then try using 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost. Sometimes issues may arise when the local hostname has been changed._ **Important!** Mongoose buffers all the commands until it's connected to the database. This means that you don't have to wait until it connects to MongoDB in order to define models, run queries, etc. ### Defining a Model Models are defined through the `Schema` interface. ```js const Schema = mongoose.Schema; const ObjectId = Schema.ObjectId; const BlogPost = new Schema({ author: ObjectId, title: String, body: String,   date: Date }); ``` Aside from defining the structure of your documents and the types of data you're storing, a Schema handles the definition of: * [Validators](http://mongoosejs.com/docs/validation.html) (async and sync) * [Defaults](http://mongoosejs.com/docs/api.html#schematype_SchemaType-default) * [Getters](http://mongoosejs.com/docs/api.html#schematype_SchemaType-get) * [Setters](http://mongoosejs.com/docs/api.html#schematype_SchemaType-set) * [Indexes](http://mongoosejs.com/docs/guide.html#indexes) * [Middleware](http://mongoosejs.com/docs/middleware.html) * [Methods](http://mongoosejs.com/docs/guide.html#methods) definition * [Statics](http://mongoosejs.com/docs/guide.html#statics) definition * [Plugins](http://mongoosejs.com/docs/plugins.html) * [pseudo-JOINs](http://mongoosejs.com/docs/populate.html) The following example shows some of these features: ```js const Comment = new Schema({ name: { type: String, default: 'hahaha' }, age: { type: Number, min: 18, index: true }, bio: { type: String, match: /[a-z]/ }, date: { type: Date, default: Date.now }, buff: Buffer }); // a setter Comment.path('name').set(function (v) { return capitalize(v); }); // middleware Comment.pre('save', function (next) { notify(this.get('email')); next(); }); ``` Take a look at the example in [`examples/schema/schema.js`](https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/blob/master/examples/schema/schema.js) for an end-to-end example of a typical setup. ### Accessing a Model Once we define a model through `mongoose.model('ModelName', mySchema)`, we can access it through the same function ```js const MyModel = mongoose.model('ModelName'); ``` Or just do it all at once ```js const MyModel = mongoose.model('ModelName', mySchema); ``` The first argument is the _singular_ name of the collection your model is for. **Mongoose automatically looks for the _plural_ version of your model name.** For example, if you use ```js const MyModel = mongoose.model('Ticket', mySchema); ``` Then Mongoose will create the model for your __tickets__ collection, not your __ticket__ collection. Once we have our model, we can then instantiate it, and save it: ```js const instance = new MyModel(); instance.my.key = 'hello'; instance.save(function (err) { // }); ``` Or we can find documents from the same collection ```js MyModel.find({}, function (err, docs) { // docs.forEach }); ``` You can also `findOne`, `findById`, `update`, etc. For more details check out [the docs](http://mongoosejs.com/docs/queries.html). **Important!** If you opened a separate connection using `mongoose.createConnection()` but attempt to access the model through `mongoose.model('ModelName')` it will not work as expected since it is not hooked up to an active db connection. In this case access your model through the connection you created: ```js const conn = mongoose.createConnection('your connection string'); const MyModel = conn.model('ModelName', schema); const m = new MyModel; m.save(); // works ``` vs ```js const conn = mongoose.createConnection('your connection string'); const MyModel = mongoose.model('ModelName', schema); const m = new MyModel; m.save(); // does not work b/c the default connection object was never connected ``` ### Embedded Documents In the first example snippet, we defined a key in the Schema that looks like: ``` comments: [Comment] ``` Where `Comment` is a `Schema` we created. This means that creating embedded documents is as simple as: ```js // retrieve my model const BlogPost = mongoose.model('BlogPost'); // create a blog post const post = new BlogPost(); // create a comment post.comments.push({ title: 'My comment' }); post.save(function (err) { if (!err) console.log('Success!'); }); ``` The same goes for removing them: ```js BlogPost.findById(myId, function (err, post) { if (!err) { post.comments[0].remove(); post.save(function (err) { // do something }); } }); ``` Embedded documents enjoy all the same features as your models. Defaults, validators, middleware. Whenever an error occurs, it's bubbled to the `save()` error callback, so error handling is a snap! ### Middleware See the [docs](http://mongoosejs.com/docs/middleware.html) page. #### Intercepting and mutating method arguments You can intercept method arguments via middleware. For example, this would allow you to broadcast changes about your Documents every time someone `set`s a path in your Document to a new value: ```js schema.pre('set', function (next, path, val, typel) { // `this` is the current Document this.emit('set', path, val); // Pass control to the next pre next(); }); ``` Moreover, you can mutate the incoming `method` arguments so that subsequent middleware see different values for those arguments. To do so, just pass the new values to `next`: ```js .pre(method, function firstPre (next, methodArg1, methodArg2) { // Mutate methodArg1 next("altered-" + methodArg1.toString(), methodArg2); }); // pre declaration is chainable .pre(method, function secondPre (next, methodArg1, methodArg2) { console.log(methodArg1); // => 'altered-originalValOfMethodArg1' console.log(methodArg2); // => 'originalValOfMethodArg2' // Passing no arguments to `next` automatically passes along the current argument values // i.e., the following `next()` is equivalent to `next(methodArg1, methodArg2)` // and also equivalent to, with the example method arg // values, `next('altered-originalValOfMethodArg1', 'originalValOfMethodArg2')` next(); }); ``` #### Schema gotcha `type`, when used in a schema has special meaning within Mongoose. If your schema requires using `type` as a nested property you must use object notation: ```js new Schema({ broken: { type: Boolean }, asset: { name: String, type: String // uh oh, it broke. asset will be interpreted as String } }); new Schema({ works: { type: Boolean }, asset: { name: String, type: { type: String } // works. asset is an object with a type property } }); ``` ### Driver Access Mongoose is built on top of the [official MongoDB Node.js driver](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native). Each mongoose model keeps a reference to a [native MongoDB driver collection](http://mongodb.github.io/node-mongodb-native/2.1/api/Collection.html). The collection object can be accessed using `YourModel.collection`. However, using the collection object directly bypasses all mongoose features, including hooks, validation, etc. The one notable exception that `YourModel.collection` still buffers commands. As such, `YourModel.collection.find()` will **not** return a cursor. ## API Docs Find the API docs [here](http://mongoosejs.com/docs/api.html), generated using [dox](https://github.com/tj/dox) and [acquit](https://github.com/vkarpov15/acquit). ## License Copyright (c) 2010 LearnBoost <dev@learnboost.com> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 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